Identifier: streetrailwayrev15amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ted R. R. For some months the extensions and general reeonstriiction of theelevated roadway of the South Side Elevated R. R., Chicago, havebeen under way. A third track for the use of express trains is be-ing placed alongside the old structure, new passenger stations arebeing built, sharp curves are being eased and new power equipmentand rolling stock is Ixjing placed in operation. The extensions now building make additional power house facil- channels. An improvement was made in the construction of themolormans cab, which is formed by curtains on one side of theaisle. The niotorman is given a separate compartment, in whichthe engineers valve, gage and other operating mechanisms arelocated l)etwecn the outside and inside lining of the end wall ofcar. The inside lining has a hinged door over the operatingmechanisms, which hangs down when cab is used by the motor-man. When used by passengers, the door is closed and the endpanel has the same appearance .is at the opposite end of the car.
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NEW JEWETT i AR l-liK .SOUTH SIDE ELEVATED R. R. ities for this road imperative, as its present plant is already over-crowded. The company has purchased the old car barn of theChicago City Railway Co., which adjoins the present elevated roadpower plant, and the extension to this plant is now in course ofconstruction. The new purchase gives the company a full blockon State St., from 39th to 30th St. The present plant has a ca-pacity of 7,700 kw. of direct-current generators, and there are twostorage batteries floating on the line, one at 12th St. and one at 63rdSt. The addition to the plant will consist of two generators, each Each cab has two individual seats, the one nearer the end of thecar being arranged to slide on top of the other scat, so as to giveroom for the niotorman to sit facing the end window. When notused by the motonnan the curtains are raised, the seat slid outand the cab can be used by passengers. The new end arrangement of the cab increases the seating capac-ity to e

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